Personal Life
Bapu was born on April 17, 1941, in the Berani village of the Nawabshah District in undivided India (present day Pakistan), to Menhgiba and Thaumal Sirumalani. At the young age he lost his father, he raised pursuing meditation and spirituality as he was taught basic lessons of spirituality and meditation by his mother. He finally left his family and traveled the country, until he went to Vrindavan, to the ashram of saint Lilashah. Bapu has one son, Narayan Sai who is also known as Narayan Prem Sai. Bapu's spiritual discourses have been scheduled in different Indian cities like Ahmedabad, Patna etc. and devotees also took diksha from him in these satsang programs. Around 20,000 students visited his satsang in Ahmedabad in December 2001. In August 2012, when Bapu was on his way to deliver a lecture in a local college, his helicopter crashed while landing at Godhra. Bapu, the pilot, and the other passengers survived unharmed.
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